Ancestors Quotes

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Ah, sir, I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor.

We cannot reform our forefathers.

One of my Swiss ancestors was the first teacher of the deaf in Zurich and wrote a book on the subject of their education – rather a singular coincidence; though it is true that there is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a […]

Pedigree, n. The known part of the route from an arboreal ancestor with a swim bladder to an urban descendant with a cigarette.

Genealogy, n. An account of one’s descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

Heredity is nothing but stored environment.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.